Here We Go Again, Y'all

So it's a brand new school year, a brand new month, and a brand new chance for me to start over with my health.  The vacation that wasn't quite as epic as Odysseus's return home has left me  little worse for the wear around the waist.  I didn't think that I was doing too badly, but apparently I was delusional.  Sitting in a car for muchas hours every day doesn't leave much room for exercise.  Even all the walking around the National Mall and the rest of D.C. plus the early morning jaunts in the humidity didn't combat the fast food and Southern hospitality.

That said, I weighed in this morning.  So, here it is: 297.8 lbs.  Wow!  Not good.  Close to the all-time high.  And since I've even been walking with Amy 3 times a week since we've returned, I can neither confirm nor deny that it was higher than that at any given point during this summer season.  So it's time to take more drastic measures.

I've already cut my portions (Today I only had one pork and slaw sandwich and one hot dog for the Labor Day get-together.) and stopped the carbonation since school began back on the 22nd.  Amy and I are going to try something a little different.  I'm not exactly sure yet, but I'll let you know.  Grrrr!!!

I'm not quite this big, even though my students might see me as such.  Kind of intimidating, huh?

P.S.  I know it's been somewhat disappointing over the past few months, but I'm going to try to get back over one hundred views in one month on this blog again.

Do Calories Really Count While I'm On Vacation?

I haven't weighed myself since I got back from vacation.  Frankly, I'm scared.  In the next short while I'll post all of the delicious fare I sampled while gone from home.  Honestly, it was a lot...and I'm not including all the junk snacks during the actual driving part of things.  Five thousand miles is a lot of beef jerky.

On one of our stops, someone said that while you are on vacation you are young, skinny, and rich, but once you return home you relapse and become old, fat, and poor again.  Yep.  I'm getting there.

However, despite my weight negligence, I have walked in the mornings semi-regularly since returning. I even exercised while I was on vacation.  The National Mall in DC kind of forces that on you.  So do several other sites that I will rehash at a later date.